I tried what you said and attempted to have the
WebServiceCheck itself dispatch the event, however, it
doesn't dispatch anything into the event stream, even
attaching an event listener to the variable return
variable doesn't do anything.
How do I make it part of a displaylist??
--- Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Paul
>
> In your code you are creating a separate
> EventDispatcher, which is not
> part of any displaylist. If you let your
> WebServiceCheck dispatch the
> event instead, it should work. At least as long as
> it is part of a
> displaylist.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf.
>
> On 6/23/06, Jon Hirschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > So I'm putting my event listener in the
> application
> > core. What I would like is for this event to
> enter
> > the event stream and bubble up to the application
> > core. Currently, it doesn't look like it even
> makes
> > it out of the document that I'm in. I'm not even
> sure
> > that it gets populated outside of the class
> itself.
> >
> > What i'd really like is to have this event entered
> > automatically into the event stream with out
> having to
> > have an event repeater.
> >
> > --- Paul Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jon,
> > >
> > > Sprite extends EventDispatcher, so you don't
> need to
> > > instantiate another
> > > EventDispatcher in your class.
> > >
> > > Instead, try the following:
> > >
> > > this.dispatchEvent(new
> > > Event("AuthenticationFailed",true,false));
> > >
> > > If you still have problems can you let us know
> what
> > > object you are
> > > creating your event listener on?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > Behalf Of Jon Hirschi
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:45 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [flexcoders] how do you dispatch event
> from
> > > a custom class?
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a custom class that I want to be able to
> > > dispatch an event. However, it's not entering
> the
> > > event into the event stream, I don't even think
> the
> > > event is getting out of the class. I have
> bubbles
> > > set
> > > to true. does anyone know how to get the event
> > > entered into the event stream... the docs aren't
> > > very
> > > explicit on this subject....
> > >
> > > ie
> > >
> > > code to call my class...
> > >
> > > private function
> > > handleLBResponse(eventObj:ResultEvent):void {
> > > var
> tempArray:Array;
> > > var
> checkResult:WebServiceCheck = new
> > > WebServiceCheck();
> > > if
> > >
> >
>
(checkResult.checkServiceReturnStatus(eventObj,true))
> > >
> > > {
> > > tempArray
> =
> > >
> >
>
mx.utils.ArrayUtil.toArray(eventObj.result.lbvServerTos);
> > > if
> (tempArray.length > 1) {
> > >
> dpLBVServerData.source =
> > > tempArray;
> > > } else {
> > >
> > > dpLBVServerData.removeAll();
> > > }
> > > } else {
> > >
> dpLBVServerData.removeAll();
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > code in the class
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------
> > >
> > > package comp.webconfig.services {
> > >
> > > import flash.display.Sprite;
> > > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
> > > import mx.controls.Alert;
> > > import flash.events.Event;
> > > import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
> > >
> > > public class WebServiceCheck extends
> Sprite {
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > public var isSuccess:Boolean;
> > > public var statusType:String;
> > > public var message:String;
> > > public var rawMessage:String;
> > >
> > > public function WebServiceCheck()
> {
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > public function
> > >
> >
>
checkServiceReturnStatus(resultToCheck:ResultEvent,alertOnError:Boolean=
> > > false):Boolean
> > > {
> > > var myMessage:String;
> > > var isSuccess:Boolean =
> true;
> > > var myRawMessage:String;
> > > var myRawStatus:String;
> > > var
> dispatcher:EventDispatcher = new
> > > EventDispatcher();
> > > if (resultToCheck.result
> != null) {
> > > if
> (resultToCheck.result.requestMessage
> > > != null)
> > > {
> > >
> myRawMessage =
> > > resultToCheck.result.requestMessage;
> > > }
> > > if
> (resultToCheck.result.requestStatus)
> > > {
> > >
> myRawStatus =
> > > resultToCheck.result.requestStatus;
> > > }
> > > }
> > > if (myRawStatus != null) {
> > > switch
> (myRawStatus) {
> > > case
> "Failed" :
> > > //
> do something here
> > > like popup a message
> > >
> myMessage = "Sorry,
> > > there was an error trying to
> > > access the information you requested. \n\n"
> > >
> myMessage +=
> > > myRawMessage;
> > >
> isSuccess = false;
> > >
> break;
> > > case
> "Unauthorized"
=== message truncated ===
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